Social prescribing in West London

Hammersmith & Fulham GP Federation

Borough
Hammersmith & Fulham

Contact address
The Hub,
20 Dawes Road,
London,
SW6 7EN

Description of the Social Prescribing service
Hammersmith & Fulham Links Service started at the end of 2019 and currently has 12 Link Workers. The Link Workers are mostly employed by the Hammersmith & Fulham GP Federation and some are employed directly by the PCNs. The Links Service is managed by the Programme Support Manager.

Number of PCNs
5 - whole borough

Social Prescribing Manager
Valdev Chaggar (Programme Support Manager) - valdev.chaggar@nhs.net

Referral criteria
Borough has a divide between affluent and deprived areas. The South PCN has more elderly patients and the North has more deprived patients. Referral criteria is over 18, by GP practice only.

Service website
Pages in development: https://www.hfgpfed.co.uk/

Referral criteria
Borough has a divide between affluent and deprived areas. The South PCN has more elderly patients and the North has more deprived patients. Referral criteria is over 18, by GP practice only.

Age UK Hillingdon/Harrow/Brent

Borough
Harrow

Contact address
2, Chapel Court, 126 Church Rd, Hayes UB3 2LW

Number of PCNs
5

Social Prescribing Manager
Oky Lee-Morris - OLee-Morris@ageukhhb.org.uk

Referral criteria
18+, registered with Harrow GP

A2 Dominion

Borough
Ealing

Contact address
113 Uxbridge Rd, London W5 5TL

Description of the Social Prescribing service
We are a Housing Association with around 38000 properties. We don’t just build, manage and sell homes. We do our best to create vibrant communities. We reinvest all of our profit into creating new homes, maintaining our properties and supporting communities. Workshops to develop skills and help people find good jobs. Personal support for older and more vulnerable residents and activities for all ages. Social prescribing a great way to connect those most in need with the support services that we offer and to help us establish gaps in support needs.

Number of PCNs
1

Social Prescribing Manager
Aoife Stone - Aoife.stone@a2dominion.co.uk

Referral criteria
One or more long-term conditions
Need support with their mental health
Lonely or isolated
Have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing

Ealing GP Federation

Borough
Ealing

Contact address
179C Bilton Road, Perivale, Greenford, Middlesex, UB6 7HQ

Description of the Social Prescribing service
Ealing GP Federation works across the London borough of Ealing supporting GP surgeries. The organisation is actively working with 6 PCNs in Ealing employing and managing 10 Social Prescribing Link Workers.

Number of PCNs
6

Social Prescribing Manager
Nin Sandhu - narindersandhu@nhs.net

Referral criteria
18+, registered with Harrow GP

Enable

Borough
Wandsworth

Contact address
Staff Yard Offices, Battersea Park, SW11 4NJ

Description of the Social Prescribing service
Enable provides social prescribing services to 5 PCNs in Wandsworth, as well as in Adult Social Care. The service includes a young person's social presriber and a cancer link worker, in additional to adult social prescribers. Our service started in November 2019, Enable were commissioned by Wandsworth CCG to deliver social prescribing to 7 out of 9 PCN in the borough. The CCG also commissioned Enable to manage a social prescribing capacity building fund to support the VCS. In 2020 Wandsworth Borough Council provided funding to employ 2 additional Link Workers who are based in adult social care. The council now also contribute to the VCS capacity building fund. In 2020 we were commissioned by Macmillan Cancer Support to provide a Cancer Community Link Worker who is embedded within the service. In addition, one of our PCNs have a Young Persons Link Worker who works with 15-21 year olds.

Number of PCNs
5 + two other services

Social Prescribing Manager
Laura Chisholm-lchisholm@enablelc.org

Referral criteria
Standard SP criteria, 18+, registered with GP in one of the five PCNs we cover, or linked in with the Access or Sensory teams in adult social care

Surrey Physio

Borough
Wandsworth

Contact address
Mitcham Physio
409-411 London Road
CR4 4BG

Description of the Social Prescribing service
Started in 2019, we operate a bespoke service in each PCN, we find that a one-size fits all approach doesn't work across boroughs. We take into consideration our PCN's needs and provide bespoke interventions to address local health inequalities. We encourage our SPLWs to use their knowledge and experience e.g. SPLW who is a Nutritionist supports patients to make a meal plan, anther SPLW does jabs in one of the vaccination centres.

Number of PCNs
4

Social Prescribing Manager
Lynda Graham - lynda.graham2@nhs.net

Referral criteria
The two big commonalities across all of our PCNs are:
Housing concerns
Mental Health concerns

The Confederation, Hillingdon

Borough
Hillingdon

Contact address
Belmont,
Belmont Road,
Uxbridge,
UB8 1HE

Description of the Social Prescribing service
Our Social Prescribing service went live in November 2019. We accept our referrals directly from GP surgeries for patients over the age of 18 with evidence of social and wellbeing needs. Throughout the pandemic we worked closely with shielding and vulnerable patients as well as supporting the vaccine roll out in the borough. Currently we are working out how we can work in the 'post covid' world and working closely with the PCNs to reach patients who may have previously fallen through the gap when it comes to social support.

Number of PCNs
7 - whole borough

Social Prescribing Manager
Rianna Breen (SPLW Lead) - rianna.breen@nhs.net

Referral criteria
Over 18s with evidence of social and wellbeing needs. They cannot be actively engaging with Secondary Care MH or the other wellbeing service in the borough (H4All)

Brent CVS

London Borough
Brent

Description
Social Prescribing in Brent is managed by Brent CVS and Mencap.
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Number of PCNs
9